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Miles went into the game convinced he had to pull something out of his...hat...we'll call it hat... to win. He outsmarted himself and handed the game to Saban. Got to tip the hat the Bama for hanging in there and getting it done when it counted. As for the players, they played a great game.

There could be 4 undefeated teams at the end of the year. One spot goes to bama and one to ??? That is chaos.

that would be a good problem for the BCS to have...the real chaos would be an ONE undefeated and a whole list of once beaten teams....somehow IMO the BCS will get bailed out one last time and end up with only two undefeated teams...just not sure which two just yet

Executor of the Alanson C Brown III - Trust

Originally Posted by lanse brown

A few things that I learned still ring true. "Lanse when you get a gift, say thank you and walk away. When you get a screwing walk away. You are going to get a lot more screwings than gifts"

He called for a fake 47-yard field goal(ON 4th and 12!) in the second quarter that was snuffed out.
He later gambled just before halftime by trying a 55-yard field goal that Alleman missed well short, giving the Tide the field position it needed to drive 63 yards to push their lead to 14-3 at intermission.

In the second half,
it was a failed onsides kick after Jeremy Hill's touchdown pulled LSU within 14-10.
Then, rather than attempt a 41-yard field goal that would have given the Tigers a 20-14 lead with about 8:40 left, Miles opted to go for it on a fourth-and-1 at the Tide 24, and Spencer Ware was stuffed.

Miles went into the game convinced he had to pull something out of his...hat...we'll call it hat... to win. He outsmarted himself and handed the game to Saban. As for the players, they played a great game.

frank,
i agree that miles was pressing a little, but remember:
the athletes he recruited and put on the field last night were probably the top in college football
he and the athletic director schedule the open date immaculately each year, he obviously used the week wisely and came out smack down in the first quarter
he went in at halftime(after bama had adjusted and settled in the 2nd) and brought a dominate team out of the locker room
he had the offensive line in excellent shape after all the injuries and shuffling around. they ran the ball and protected the qb. a notable feat given that they had looked bad to poor four weeks earlier
he had mettenberger peaking. mett was even as good as jacob said he was going to be (NEVER thought i would say that)
when he was playing safety number three and four on the depth chart, his opponent never was able to exploit the "power play"
he had the team loose, relaxed and ready for death valley. alternately mccarron was so jacked up on endocrine secretions that he over threw td's and big gains all night(or his bruise was hurting?)

i remember recently my tennessee fan, duck hunting buddies giving phat phil fulmer the business. he had a .805 winnning percentage as they were running him off. yesterday the trojans had the vols beat before bray pulled it out.(we are talking the trojans of troy alabama)

who could possibly be better than miles? miles is a gambler. if the fake fg works he is a genius, if the onside kick hadn't bounced up and hit the kicker he is a genius. but all in all..........he is in or wins every game.

frank,
i agree that miles was pressing a little, but remember:
the athletes he recruited and put on the field last night were probably the top in college football
he and the athletic director schedule the open date immaculately each year, he obviously used the week wisely and came out smack down in the first quarter
he went in at halftime(after bama had adjusted and settled in the 2nd) and brought a dominate team out of the locker room
he had the offensive line in excellent shape after all the injuries and shuffling around. they ran the ball and protected the qb. a notable feat given that they had looked bad to poor four weeks earlier
he had mettenberger peaking. mett was even as good as jacob said he was going to be (NEVER thought i would say that)
when he was playing safety number three and four on the depth chart, his opponent never was able to exploit the "power play"
he had the team loose, relaxed and ready for death valley. alternately mccarron was so jacked up on endocrine secretions that he over threw td's and big gains all night(or his bruise was hurting?)

i remember recently my tennessee fan, duck hunting buddies giving phat phil fulmer the business. he had a .805 winnning percentage as they were running him off. yesterday the trojans had the vols beat before bray pulled it out.(we are talking the trojans of troy alabama)

who could possibly be better than miles? miles is a gambler. if the fake fg works he is a genius, if the onside kick hadn't bounced up and hit the kicker he is a genius. but all in all..........he is in or wins every game.

Very good observation - I'm sure some other top program would gladly welcome Le Smiles to their leadership . Maybe the Shorthorns .

All that said, it was the epitome of grown man football out there last night. LSU really helped themselves by scheming to throw out of power formations, which effectively took our best cover linebacker out of the game for the most part. It helped them too that our real deep threat at WR did not play after the overthrow, which may not have actually been an overthrow given the condition of his ankle.

On to next week and a classic trap game with A&M. The fact that we are likely physically beat up and would have a tendency to come out flat after a game like that leaves us vulnerable to a QB who can use his feet to extend plays and create like Manziel can. It should be very interesting.

frank,
i agree that miles was pressing a little, but remember:
the athletes he recruited and put on the field last night were probably the top in college football
he and the athletic director schedule the open date immaculately each year, he obviously used the week wisely and came out smack down in the first quarter
he went in at halftime(after bama had adjusted and settled in the 2nd) and brought a dominate team out of the locker room
he had the offensive line in excellent shape after all the injuries and shuffling around. they ran the ball and protected the qb. a notable feat given that they had looked bad to poor four weeks earlier
he had mettenberger peaking. mett was even as good as jacob said he was going to be (NEVER thought i would say that)
when he was playing safety number three and four on the depth chart, his opponent never was able to exploit the "power play"
he had the team loose, relaxed and ready for death valley. alternately mccarron was so jacked up on endocrine secretions that he over threw td's and big gains all night(or his bruise was hurting?)

i remember recently my tennessee fan, duck hunting buddies giving phat phil fulmer the business. he had a .805 winnning percentage as they were running him off. yesterday the trojans had the vols beat before bray pulled it out.(we are talking the trojans of troy alabama)

who could possibly be better than miles? miles is a gambler. if the fake fg works he is a genius, if the onside kick hadn't bounced up and hit the kicker he is a genius. but all in all..........he is in or wins every game.

I didn't make myself clear. I'm not for running Miles out of BR, just pointing out that last night, Miles' preconceived notion to go to his bag of tricks paid no dividends, cost LSU the game, and wasn't necessary in the first place. The players didn't call for the fake field goal, the players didn't call for a 54 yd field goal attempt, and the players didn't go into a prevent (yourself from winning) defense. Those were coaches calls. Players made mistakes, too, but they had no say in the game strategy. Miles knows that he made some bad calls. Tiger fans are hoping that he learned his lessons, and I am confident that he won't make those same mistakes again.